Splash got his hands a new Vado track featuring Jada. No word on the origins of this particular one, but you definitely got to check it out nonetheless. Word up. uhtn UPDATE: Final version with Luda hhh
The Based God returns with another one of his virals and this time for his ode to Charlie Sheen. Cop it on iTunes here. Winning, swag, Sheen!
Now that Statik Selektah cracked 200k on Twitter, he let’s loose one of his unreleased tracks featuring Freeway, Frost and Free Money.
[vodpod id=Video.5964177&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Sumit of HHC caught up with Rap Radar’s top dogs YN and B.Dot at SXSW in Austin, Texas. They speak on the highlights of running the site over the past two years, B.Dot’s transition from print to the Internet, why YN didn’t get the Sirius Radio gig and more.
[vodpod id=Video.5963953&w=540&h=350&fv=] Jim Jones is the trending topic on everybody’s favorite social networking site in his latest clip. Just in case you haven’t got the word, Capo is in stores now. #everybodyjones os
[vodpod id=Video.5965279&w=540&h=350&fv=] What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, but thanks to Spiff TV and Dre Films, we get the visual aid for Rozay and Drizzy’s collabo off Ashes To Ashes. Expect Aubrey to be making a guest spot on Self Made on May 24. wshh
It’s far from snowing around these parts, but Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks incorporate some behind the scenes footage into their latest video. Chill. When Fish Ride Bicycles coming soon.
Lupe’s no choir boy, but he does cover the May 2011 edition of XXL. Below he gives another reaction to Lasers debuting at number one on Billboard. Issue hits newsstands April 26th. I wasn’t completely overwhelmed, because now I have to go into the business meetings,” he said. “Now I’m waiting for, ‘If you didn’t say you hated the album in that interview, we would have done 300,000.’”
Diamonds are forever—too bad attention spans aren’t. With that said, here’s Trina’s new video in support of her latest mixtape.
For this week’s Monster Mondays, Swizz lets loose a new freestyle from Eve over Ri-Ri’s latest single. The pitbull in the skirt still has a strong bite.
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This is a great reminder of how powerful and lasting Lauryn Hill’s influence has been in music. The fact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill eventually reached diamond status after so many years shows that truly meaningful music can continue finding new listeners long after its original release. I also like how the article highlights the combination of hip hop, R&B, neo soul, and reggae that made the album so distinctive. Achieving more than 10 million sales is an incredible milestone, especially considering how much the music industry has changed since 1998. The album’s success feels less like a temporary trend and more like proof that strong songwriting and authentic artistic expression can remain relevant across generations. It is interesting to see how numbers can tell part of a story, whether we are looking at album sales or using a proportion calculator to understand relationships between different figures.